Some tags can’t be avoided specially when you love to answer them!! I will try to precise.
How old were you when you first started programming?
11 years
How did you get started in programming?
Personal interest. It was in school when names for those interested in computer classes were asked for and there we were – 5-6 guys.
What was your first language?
BASIC
What was the first real program you wrote?
I consider Matrix Multiplication as my first real program
What languages have you used since you started programming?
Java, C, C++, VB, VC++, C#, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, PL/SQL, ASP, AJAX,
What was your first professional programming gig?
Website of my Department in which I studied
If you knew then what you know now, would you have started programming?
Definitely
If there is one thing you learned along the way that you would tell new developers, what would it be?
Keep learning
What’s the most fun you’ve ever had programming?
Interacting with really intelligent and practical people while facing the challenges